I’m taking off for a while, unplugged, unwired, undone. I’m going to spend time snorkelling with my son, reading Shakespeare with my daughter and eating local food with my partner and her mum. In short, enjoying the short summer we are blessed with here on the west coast.

See you at month’s end.

Hi folks:

I’m getting myself prepared for OSonOS and, like every learning journey, I am preparing a couple of questions for myself. I’m specifically interested in these two issues at the moment:

• How can we move work from an Open Space event back into the organization’s “business as usual” setting while maintaining the spirit and invitation to transform that OST offers? I’m thinking here specifically of strategy work and an integral approach to strategy.

• I’m learning about Spiral Dynamics at the moment, and have used Ken Wilber’s integral thinking as a map for my work for years now. So this question relates to that area of thinking specifically: How does OST facilitate a integral transformation and how can we propagate these shifts to move towards second tier consciousness in individuals and organizations? (I’m hoping Larry Peterson will be in Halifax for this one!)

So those are two questions I have. They mostly deal with the echo of Open Space, the music it makes as it rearranges our world. If you are coming to Halifax in August and these pique your interest, give them some thought. They’ll probably still be somewhat top of mind for me in a month!

And as an invitation to others, what are the questions you are turning over in your mind? And if you are not coming to Halifax, what would you offer if you were there?

Rob Paterson points to a great article on the amazing evolution of the Wikipedia page on the London bombings. It’s a fascinating example of real time collaboration on design, content and truth.

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